Bogie's Bonnie Belle - Traditional Irish

INTRO: C  (4 measures)    
INTRO (ALT): verse chords

1
   C	     F	Dm	    G
As I went out by Huntleigh town,
    C       F      C
One evening for to fee,
   F       Dm    G     F 
I met with Bogey O'Cairnee,
         C     Am    G
And with him I did agree.
 
2
   C	     F	Dm	    G
To care for his two best horses,
    C       F      C
Or cart or harrow or plough,
   F       Dm    G     F 
Or anything about farm work,
         C     Am    G
That I very well should know.
 
3
   C	     F	Dm	    G
Old Bogey had a daughter,
    C       F      C
Her name was Isobel,
   F       Dm    G     F 
She's the lily of the valley,
         C     Am    G
And the primrose of the dell.

SOLO (optional) - over verse chords

4
   C	     F	Dm	    G
And when she went out walking,
    C       F      C
She took me for her guide,
   F       Dm    G     F 
Down by the Burn O'Cairnee,
         C     Am    G
To watch the small fish glide.

5
    C	     F	Dm	    G
And when three months was past and gone,
    C       F      C
This girl she lost her bloom.
   F       Dm    G     F 
The red fell from her rosy cheeks,
         C     Am    G
And her eyes began to swoon.

6
    C	     F	Dm	    G
And when nine months were past and gone,
    C       F      C
She bore to me a son.
   F       Dm    G     F 
And I was straight sent for,
         C     Am    G
To see what could be done.

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7
    C	     F	Dm	    G
I said that I would marry her,
    C       F      C
But that it would nae do.
   F       Dm    G     F 
You're no a match for the bonny wee girl,
         C     Am    G
And she's no match for you.
 
8
   C	     F	Dm	    G
Now she's married to a tinker lad,
    C       F      C
That comes from Huntleigh town.
   F       Dm    G     F 
He sells pots and pans and paraffin lamps,
         C     Am    G
And scours the country round.

9
   C	     F	Dm	    G
Maybe she's made a better match
    C       F      C
Old Bogie can nay say
   F       Dm    G     F 
Farewell to lads of Huntleigh Town
         C     Am     G     (abrupt end on G)
And to Bogie's Bonnie Belle